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Joementum: May 23, 2004; jesus christ

Shageletic posted:

Wrap up of the crime scene at GA-06

https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/879415121403142144

turnout was higher than a typical midterm and Ossoff still got fewer votes than the last Democrat who ran in the district, raised $0, didn't campaign, and maybe wasn't a real person

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:30

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Augus: Mar 9, 2015

Shageletic posted:

Wrap up of the crime scene at GA-06

https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/879415121403142144

looks like ma dick

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:31

Joementum: May 23, 2004; jesus christ

https://twitter.com/dasharez0ne/status/879840182849032192

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:31

Lindsey O. Graham: Dec 31, 2016; "We're not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term."

- The Chief

anime was right posted:

i wandered around an enormous hotel the size of a small city, unable to find an atm that worked. when i finally found one, it turns out i had zero dollars. then paul ryan said that to me.

it was the best dream i will ever have

it really makes me :thunk:

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:31

Nuclearmonkee: Jun 10, 2009

tacodaemon posted:

lol check out hugh hewitt's idea of fearmongering

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/879834236781572096

is this like "The Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted." but healthcare?

cause we arent done yet. there is another way :killing:

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:33

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

Joementum posted:

turnout was higher than a typical midterm and Ossoff still got fewer votes than the last Democrat who ran in the district, raised $0, didn't campaign, and maybe wasn't a real person

Are any of us real people tbf

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:33

Mr. Sharps: Jul 30, 2006; The only true law is that which leads to freedom. There is no other.

The Glumslinger posted:

I just finished this amazing healthcare bill, but this tweet is too short to contain the details

is this a fermats last theorem ref

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:33

Academician Nomad: Jan 29, 2016

Joementum posted:

turnout was higher than a typical midterm and Ossoff still got fewer votes than the last Democrat who ran in the district, raised $0, didn't campaign, and maybe wasn't a real person

In 2014 the Dem got 71k votes (half Price's), in 2017 Ossoff got 124k.

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:34

kaleedity: Feb 27, 2016

Al! posted:

is it legal to approach an ice officer and tell them to kill themselves

yes but they can say that you made them fear for their lives in the police report they write later

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:36

Bethamphetamine: Oct 29, 2012

Solar farms are typically arranged in a radial or grid pattern to ease upkeep and maintenance costs, and simply for the practicality of purchasing a parcel of land on which to install them.

A solar border wall is going to have long remote stretches where the cost of maintenance is so high that it will make more sense to leave dead panels to rot. Hell, there are going to be stretches where the cost of maintaining the rebar reinforced precast concrete panels will necessitate just leaving it to rot.

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:38

mormonpartyboat: Jan 14, 2015; by Reene

Al! posted:

normal brain

enlightened brain

global brain

galaxy brain

still reaching for the 2001 space baby ending brain

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:39

Al!: Apr 2, 2010

Bethamphetamine posted:

Solar farms are typically arranged in a radial or grid pattern to ease upkeep and maintenance costs, and simply for the practicality of purchasing a parcel of land on which to install them.

A solar border wall is going to have long remote stretches where the cost of maintenance is so high that it will make more sense to leave dead panels to rot. Hell, there are going to be stretches where the cost of maintaining the rebar reinforced precast concrete panels will necessitate just leaving it to rot.

what if they make it out of materials that wont rot liberal

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:39

limp dick calvin: Sep 1, 2006; Strepitoso. Vedete? Una meraviglia.

Bethamphetamine posted:

Solar farms are typically arranged in a radial or grid pattern to ease upkeep and maintenance costs, and simply for the practicality of purchasing a parcel of land on which to install them.

A solar border wall is going to have long remote stretches where the cost of maintenance is so high that it will make more sense to leave dead panels to rot. Hell, there are going to be stretches where the cost of maintaining the rebar reinforced precast concrete panels will necessitate just leaving it to rot.

there�s not gonna be any wall. did you want fries tho?

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:40

MaxxBot: Oct 6, 2003; you could have clapped

you should have clapped!!

Honorable Governor,

The problem of a porous border that allows anyone to cross into the United States without any real resistance is obvious. I have seen the efforts to build a �fence.� What a waste of government money and time. A fence, ANY fence is only an obstacle for the one or two feet needed to get from one side to the other, by either going over, under, around or through the thin barrier. Regardless of what is built, it offers resistance ONLY at the point an illegal border crosser encounters the fence. Once across, their journey is again relatively effortless.

I watched a video where a man was talking about RETREATING 50 or 100 miles into America to escape the violence of the drug lords! If we are considering giving up a 100-mile wide strip of America, we can certainly dedicate a two or three mile strip of our border real estate to this idea!

I sent a letter to Sheriff Joe Arpaio some time ago, as well as a copy of this letter to Sheriff Arvin West of Texas, the New Mexico Sheriffs' and Police Association and the Sheriffs Association of Texas, illustrating my idea to use discarded tires to build a huge WALL along the border. This country has literally billions of discarded tires piled up around America, and we discard another 240 MILLION tires annually. These tire piles are always seen as a �problem.� I see them as not only a solution, but the BEST SOLUTION to the border problem!

I know that there are some problems inherent in the existence of a tire pile, but they are certainly no greater than the problems we are currently facing with countless deaths, kidnappings, drug smuggling, and everything else that is a REALITY given the pathetic excuse for a �fence� we now have and will never complete.

Imagine a wall of discarded tires along the border, two or three miles in width and 100 feet above ground level. Consider carefully the enclosed photos as you read further.

Before you summarily reject this concept, consider for a moment the FOLLOWING points.

* NO ONE can RUN across a tire pile. It is physically impossible! The tires will tip and roll, catch feet and collapse under the weight of any passersby. Anyone crossing something like this can easily be spotted and captured, using modified 4WD vehicles that use track systems similar to tanks or snow cats rather than conventional tires to drive over the pile as needed.

* The construction of a tire pile requires NO engineering, NO structural framework, and NO special equipment. Simply piling tires onto tires will eventually build a magnificent wall that is not one or two feet thick, but one or two MILES thick. Where the wall needs to be taller, simply add more tires.

* Tunneling can be eliminated if a trench is dug first, say � 50 feet deep. Fill the two-mile wide trench with tires, and then keep piling them up until the wall is sufficient to discourage even the most determined illegal border crosser.

* A wall of tires does not need to be maintained, painted, or repaired. There is no need for welders, painters, stone masons or carpenters. Even PRISONERS can loosely pile tires effectively! Vandalism to the wall by the illegals would not matter.

* Graffiti could be completely ignored, and would be little more than colorful spots along the wall of tires which would have NO flat surface for tagging.

* A wall that is impervious to damage and decay. If gunfire erupts, should the border patrol agents miss their target, the only thing they will hit � is a pile of TIRES.

* The pest �problem.� Tire piles retain rain water. They are normally seen as undesirable because they create breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Normally this would be a problem, but I see a two-mile wide tire wall infested with mosquitoes as a good deterrent to crossing over it, don�t you? Mosquito abatement can commence on the American side of the wall or by crop dusting the length of the wall if needed.

* Nature�s border guards. The wall could be populated with mice, rats and venomous snakes. The mice and rats would feed the snakes, and the illegals that still ignore our sovereignty and attempt unsuccessfully to cross over the wall will feed the snakes.

* FREE building materials! I am certain that if you call the governors of the other 49 states and tell them that you want all of their discarded tires, you will discover that they will be more than happy to gather up every tire pile within their state lines and transport them at their cost to our southern border, where you can arrange to distribute them as needed. They should not be stacked or neatly arranged. They should be randomly piled, as if dropped from the sky. This will make them far more difficult to cross on foot.

What about TIRE FIRES? Certainly, those wishing to cross our border illegally will try to wreak havoc by setting the tires on fire. That�s okay. A system can be devised using existing technology, so that these fires can be extinguished effectively wherever they are started. The foaming machines used at airports for fire resistance can be modified to belch out millions of cubic yards of an inert fire retardant where needed. Remember the volcano experiments from grammar school? Vinegar and baking soda create a very large quantity of liquid foam, very quickly. Machines capable of smothering large tire fires using a similar mixture of an environmentally friendly foam would work well.

We also have all of the water from the Colorado River that reaches the border! Now, I know there is some silly �treaty� that demands a certain amount of water be allowed to flow beyond our southern border in Mexico for their farming and ranching needs, and I am all for allowing that to continue on one condition. If the Mexicans are going to set the tire wall on fire, well gosh � I guess ALL of that water will have to be diverted to the fire through a piping system built along the American side to fight the fire. We would send a very clear message to the Mexican citizens. If you want OUR water, stop igniting OUR tires! When their crops begin to die, and they are all suffering from dehydration due to the water source from the Colorado River being diverted to reservoirs along the American border for fire fighting purposes, they will begin to understand the value of allowing the tire wall to exist undisturbed. If they complain about the water being shut off, tell them to stop invading our country!

You may be laughing. I am not. The problem of the illegal Mexicans crossing onto American soil is monumental. It is destroying our schools, our neighborhoods, our hospitals and our workforce. All of the �feel good� talk and toothless measures coming from the federal government are worthless. It is abundantly clear that the federal government has NO interest in controlling our border.

Unless you can come up with a better plan, a way to build a wall that can be built by people with NO construction skills, using FREE materials that require NO maintenance, that offers a formidable barrier that would challenge even the toughest U.S. Marine, I suggest you start piling tires along the border A.S.A.P. and finally put a stop to the problem of illegal aliens in America.

Sincerely,
(ME!)

finally a solution to illegal immigration that has no downsides

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:41

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

day crew getting in some scorching takes before they hand things off

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:42

triple sulk: Sep 17, 2014

Joementum posted:

https://twitter.com/dasharez0ne/status/879840182849032192

da muthafukin share z0ne

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:42

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

MaxxBot posted:

Honorable Governor,

The problem of a porous border that allows anyone to cross into the United States without any real resistance is obvious. I have seen the efforts to build a “fence.” What a waste of government money and time. A fence, ANY fence is only an obstacle for the one or two feet needed to get from one side to the other, by either going over, under, around or through the thin barrier. Regardless of what is built, it offers resistance ONLY at the point an illegal border crosser encounters the fence. Once across, their journey is again relatively effortless.

I watched a video where a man was talking about RETREATING 50 or 100 miles into America to escape the violence of the drug lords! If we are considering giving up a 100-mile wide strip of America, we can certainly dedicate a two or three mile strip of our border real estate to this idea!

I sent a letter to Sheriff Joe Arpaio some time ago, as well as a copy of this letter to Sheriff Arvin West of Texas, the New Mexico Sheriffs' and Police Association and the Sheriffs Association of Texas, illustrating my idea to use discarded tires to build a huge WALL along the border. This country has literally billions of discarded tires piled up around America, and we discard another 240 MILLION tires annually. These tire piles are always seen as a “problem.” I see them as not only a solution, but the BEST SOLUTION to the border problem!

I know that there are some problems inherent in the existence of a tire pile, but they are certainly no greater than the problems we are currently facing with countless deaths, kidnappings, drug smuggling, and everything else that is a REALITY given the pathetic excuse for a “fence” we now have and will never complete.

Imagine a wall of discarded tires along the border, two or three miles in width and 100 feet above ground level. Consider carefully the enclosed photos as you read further.

Before you summarily reject this concept, consider for a moment the FOLLOWING points.

* NO ONE can RUN across a tire pile. It is physically impossible! The tires will tip and roll, catch feet and collapse under the weight of any passersby. Anyone crossing something like this can easily be spotted and captured, using modified 4WD vehicles that use track systems similar to tanks or snow cats rather than conventional tires to drive over the pile as needed.

* The construction of a tire pile requires NO engineering, NO structural framework, and NO special equipment. Simply piling tires onto tires will eventually build a magnificent wall that is not one or two feet thick, but one or two MILES thick. Where the wall needs to be taller, simply add more tires.

* Tunneling can be eliminated if a trench is dug first, say … 50 feet deep. Fill the two-mile wide trench with tires, and then keep piling them up until the wall is sufficient to discourage even the most determined illegal border crosser.

* A wall of tires does not need to be maintained, painted, or repaired. There is no need for welders, painters, stone masons or carpenters. Even PRISONERS can loosely pile tires effectively! Vandalism to the wall by the illegals would not matter.

* Graffiti could be completely ignored, and would be little more than colorful spots along the wall of tires which would have NO flat surface for tagging.

* A wall that is impervious to damage and decay. If gunfire erupts, should the border patrol agents miss their target, the only thing they will hit … is a pile of TIRES.

* The pest “problem.” Tire piles retain rain water. They are normally seen as undesirable because they create breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Normally this would be a problem, but I see a two-mile wide tire wall infested with mosquitoes as a good deterrent to crossing over it, don’t you? Mosquito abatement can commence on the American side of the wall or by crop dusting the length of the wall if needed.

* Nature’s border guards. The wall could be populated with mice, rats and venomous snakes. The mice and rats would feed the snakes, and the illegals that still ignore our sovereignty and attempt unsuccessfully to cross over the wall will feed the snakes.

* FREE building materials! I am certain that if you call the governors of the other 49 states and tell them that you want all of their discarded tires, you will discover that they will be more than happy to gather up every tire pile within their state lines and transport them at their cost to our southern border, where you can arrange to distribute them as needed. They should not be stacked or neatly arranged. They should be randomly piled, as if dropped from the sky. This will make them far more difficult to cross on foot.

What about TIRE FIRES? Certainly, those wishing to cross our border illegally will try to wreak havoc by setting the tires on fire. That’s okay. A system can be devised using existing technology, so that these fires can be extinguished effectively wherever they are started. The foaming machines used at airports for fire resistance can be modified to belch out millions of cubic yards of an inert fire retardant where needed. Remember the volcano experiments from grammar school? Vinegar and baking soda create a very large quantity of liquid foam, very quickly. Machines capable of smothering large tire fires using a similar mixture of an environmentally friendly foam would work well.

We also have all of the water from the Colorado River that reaches the border! Now, I know there is some silly ‘treaty’ that demands a certain amount of water be allowed to flow beyond our southern border in Mexico for their farming and ranching needs, and I am all for allowing that to continue on one condition. If the Mexicans are going to set the tire wall on fire, well gosh … I guess ALL of that water will have to be diverted to the fire through a piping system built along the American side to fight the fire. We would send a very clear message to the Mexican citizens. If you want OUR water, stop igniting OUR tires! When their crops begin to die, and they are all suffering from dehydration due to the water source from the Colorado River being diverted to reservoirs along the American border for fire fighting purposes, they will begin to understand the value of allowing the tire wall to exist undisturbed. If they complain about the water being shut off, tell them to stop invading our country!

You may be laughing. I am not. The problem of the illegal Mexicans crossing onto American soil is monumental. It is destroying our schools, our neighborhoods, our hospitals and our workforce. All of the “feel good” talk and toothless measures coming from the federal government are worthless. It is abundantly clear that the federal government has NO interest in controlling our border.

Unless you can come up with a better plan, a way to build a wall that can be built by people with NO construction skills, using FREE materials that require NO maintenance, that offers a formidable barrier that would challenge even the toughest U.S. Marine, I suggest you start piling tires along the border A.S.A.P. and finally put a stop to the problem of illegal aliens in America.

Sincerely,
(ME!)

finally a solution to illegal immigration that has no downsides

sir I just asked if you wanted dark roast

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:43

JosefStalinator: Oct 9, 2007; Come Tbilisi if you want to live.; Grimey Drawer

Chokes McGee posted:

day crew getting in some scorching takes before they hand things off

maybe day crew should hit the hay a tad early tonight

bit riled up today

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:44

Lastgirl: Sep 7, 1997; Good Morning!
Sunday Morning!

mormonpartyboat posted:

its the episode of where are they now for the The More You Know star

Holy lol

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:46

A Handed Missus: Aug 6, 2012

fits my needs posted:

Oh, I forgot to mention the rebels in Baluchistan that are trying to form their own state because of the natural gas deposits and what not.

I wish them luck

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:46

MaxxBot: Oct 6, 2003; you could have clapped

you should have clapped!!

That plan would require 5 trillion tires :psyduck:

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:46

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

JosefStalinator posted:

maybe day crew should hit the hay a tad early tonight

bit riled up today

Someone forgot their milk

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:46

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Has the executive started looking into the eminent domain side of the wall at all, even a little bit? Because holy poo poo.

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:47

ShutteredIn: Mar 24, 2005; El Campeon Mundial del Acordeon

https://twitter.com/RibosomeChomsky/status/879847663285526528

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:47

Augus: Mar 9, 2015

It may be day time but as far as I'm concerned it's always time for nite postin

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:47

Nuclearmonkee: Jun 10, 2009

Samurai Sanders posted:

Has the executive started looking into the

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:47

Ekster: Jul 18, 2013

MaxxBot posted:

That plan would require 5 trillion tires

if the chinese can do it then so can the YOO ESS OF A

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:48

Wraith of J.O.I.: Jan 25, 2012

so was wittes' tick tick tick tick thing a dud?

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:48

angerbot: Mar 23, 2004; plob

Bethamphetamine posted:

Solar farms are typically arranged in a radial or grid pattern to ease upkeep and maintenance costs, and simply for the practicality of purchasing a parcel of land on which to install them.

A solar border wall is going to have long remote stretches where the cost of maintenance is so high that it will make more sense to leave dead panels to rot. Hell, there are going to be stretches where the cost of maintaining the rebar reinforced precast concrete panels will necessitate just leaving it to rot.

I mean, imagine the sheer dystopian cyberpunk value alone though

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:48

Augus: Mar 9, 2015

Samurai Sanders posted:

Has the executive started looking into the eminent domain side of the wall at all, even a little bit? Because holy poo poo.

lmao good one next you'll ask me if the piss tape is fake

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:48

Chokes McGee: Aug 7, 2008; This is Urotsuki.

ShutteredIn posted:

https://twitter.com/RibosomeChomsky/status/879847663285526528

dril really is the oracle of our day and age

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:48

JosefStalinator: Oct 9, 2007; Come Tbilisi if you want to live.; Grimey Drawer

Augus posted:

It may be day time but as far as I'm concerned it's always time for nite postin

yeah but the whitenoise posting of nite crew gets drowned in the whitenoise posting of... whatever it is that day crew posts (i skip pages until its dark)

# ? Jun 28, 2017 00:49